Data Consultant Jobs in Scotland

Data Consultant
UK > Scotland

The median Data Consultant salary in Scotland is £60,743 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 215 229
Rank change year-on-year -54 +14 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Consultant 11 2 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.16% 0.042% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.047% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile £57,829 £75,225 £31,000
25th Percentile £58,322 £81,188 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,743 £96,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.89% +75.00% -
75th Percentile £62,421 £110,188 £68,125
90th Percentile £62,468 £115,475 £85,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,525 4,268 5,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 90.19% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,327 2,988
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,828 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Data Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Data Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Consultant in Scotland

Data Consultant
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Consultant in Scotland.

Salary trend for Data Consultant in Scotland

Data Consultant
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Consultant within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +48 8 £60,743 -47.18%
Glasgow -105 2 - -
Aberdeen - 1 £60,000 -
Data Consultant
UK

Data Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Data Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Data Consultant in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Actionable Insight
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Azure
2 6 (54.55%) Data Analytics
2 6 (54.55%) Analytics
3 4 (36.36%) AWS Certification
3 4 (36.36%) AWS
3 4 (36.36%) Banking
3 4 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (36.36%) Data Architecture
3 4 (36.36%) Visualisation
3 4 (36.36%) Workflow
3 4 (36.36%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (36.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 4 (36.36%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (36.36%) Presales
3 4 (36.36%) Data Lake
3 4 (36.36%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Azure Certification
3 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
4 3 (27.27%) Snowflake
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
4 3 (27.27%) Data Governance
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (18.18%) Tableau
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement

Data Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) AWS
3 3 (27.27%) Snowflake
4 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 4 (36.36%) Data Lake
1 4 (36.36%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (18.18%) Data Hub
2 2 (18.18%) Tableau
3 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Finance
3 4 (36.36%) Banking
3 4 (36.36%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Retail Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Actionable Insight
1 6 (54.55%) Analytics
1 6 (54.55%) Data Analytics
2 4 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (36.36%) Data Architecture
2 4 (36.36%) Presales
2 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
2 4 (36.36%) Strategic Roadmap
2 4 (36.36%) Visualisation
2 4 (36.36%) Workflow
3 3 (27.27%) Data Governance
3 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Data Sharing
4 2 (18.18%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (18.18%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) AWS Certification
1 4 (36.36%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Databricks